''Replicante'' is a Mexican cultural and literary online magazine. Founded in 2004, the magazine, which was printed quarterly, covers a central theme in each issue, such as

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

sex Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing animal or plant produces male or female gametes. Male plants and animals produce smaller mobile gametes (spermatozoa, sperm, pollen), while females produce larger ones (ova, oft ...

, or cities. Regular sections are also included. The magazine seeks to be an alternative to ''

Nexos ''Nexos'' is a cultural and political magazine in based in Mexico City, Mexico. History and profile ''Nexos'' was founded in 1978. The founders were a group of Intellectuals headed by Héctor Aguilar Camín. The magazine modeled on the ''New York ...

'' and '' Letras Libres''. The editorial director is Rogelio Villarreal, well known in Mexico's

counterculture A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy''. Hou ...

. Villarreal was the publisher of the countercultural magazines ''La Regla Rota'' (The Broken Rule) and ''La Pusmoderna''. ''Replicante'' is his first attempt to reach a more mainstream public. In 2009 ''Replicante'' ended print publication and went on online.

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